Taking a walk outside and exploring nature and the various kinds of tress can raise many ideas into ones head. You begin to realize that when you take a look at the different kinds of trees, that they are not all the same up close. Trees vary in size, shape, and color to say the least. Standing under different kinds of trees and looking up into them, you can observe that the leaves on the trees go in different directions and aren't all facing the same way, the branches intertwine in various positions on the trees also. After observing the Japanese Maple and the Carolina Hemlock, it raises a question. Why are trees different in the atmosphere?.
In examining the Japanese maple through a microscopic view, you can see that the stem appears to be a brown color but with a darker shade around the smooth edges. The branch appears to have many cross portions that branch of the main stem. You are also able to observe that the wood on a Japanese maple is hard and strong. The leaves are in opposite sides of the branches, and they have several lobes. The leaves have a rough cut and narrow pointy edges as they have five cross sections to the leaf itself and they vary in size. It also has Maple seeds, known as keys that flower in the spring. The keys grow in pairs and have flat thing wings that make the keys able to whirl in the wind.
In the Carolina hemlock you can see that leaves opposite each other but in a way that they are scattered all over the branch and vary in size as they get closer to the main part of the branch. The leaves have a darker shade of green on the outside that faces the sunlight, and on the underside it is a lighter green. The soft needles, leaves, have a smooth texture. The leaves are connected to the main branch by a woody stalks, and when the leaves fall off the tree, the woody stalks still remain attached. The main branch has various brown shades, which may consist of the decaying of some particles.
